Consider the following statements with regard to the Governor of a state He can commute the pu...........

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Consider the following statements with regard to the Governor of a state:

He can commute the punishment or sentence of any person convicted of any offence against a central law.
He cannot grant pardon in respect to punishment or sentence by a court-martial.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are incorrect?

1 Only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

The governor does not have the power to pardon the sentence inflicted by the court-martial on the convict. He can suspend, remit or commute the death sentence by using the pardoning powers. His pardoning powers are granted for the cases where the convict has committed an offence against a state law